Moderator's Report

Kyalami brought with it the first non-Brabham victory of Season 20 and also one of the most epic races in the history of the Ams!
After Tom's bribe to Hristo's ISP resulted in internet failure mid qualifying, the start was looking VERY interesting - with the first 10 drivers seperated by only a second, most of whom with laps that were within 2 tenths of one another.
The start saw a massive re-shuffle as the drivers with long 1st's plumeted down the order while the remainder rapidly jumped to the advantage.
35 laps of close battles then occured across the entire field, with positions changing nearly lap by lap and no fewer than 3 leaders, who while only officially changing places 3 times actually swapped spots 16 times in total!

Come the close of play and Tom managed a very well fought and well deserved maiden win in the Ams.
With Tim M a few seconds behind and and a Flying Goran in third.

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Ensure you have the pit wall in place. The standard papy track has a pit wall but there are patches available that remove it. The absence of a pit wall will not stop you joining the race but anybody seen miraculously driving through the pit wall on the server replay will be disqualified.Instructions for restoring the pit wall are;If you have installed the GFX update that removes the pitwall here is how to get it back for the race .1. Rename or remove kyalami.trk and kyalami.3do files from your kyalami folder.That will give you back a wall you can crash your car into. If you want the old papy Armco GFX back do this.2. Rename or remove Armco_s.mip.

About the circuit:

Kyalami (My home in Zulu) is a motor racing circuit located in Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa. The circuit has been used for Grand Prix and Formula One races and has hosted the South African Grand Prix many times. In recent years, the area surrounding the circuit has developed into a residential and commercial suburb of Johannesburg. The original, sweeping circuit was in use from 1967 until political sanctions eliminated the Grand Prix after the 1985 race. When the circuit was rebuilt in the early 1990s as part of a commercial development, the pit straight, Crowthorne bend, Barbeque and Jukskei sweep corners were either eliminated or heavily modified, with the result that the circuit became a narrow, twisty ribbon rather than one of the fastest circuits on the calendar. Formula One abandoned the rebuilt circuit in 1993 after just two races (and a bankruptcy on the part of the promoter).

Tim, as much as I support your wish for a non-BT7-win here I have very small hops in the matter.

I took a quick spin in "H`s" Bt7 (Thanks for the guide and setup, H) and I was much less than a sec slower than in my own Bt11. The speed over the S/F line was only like 2mph slower so the only possible outcome with something else on the top of the table here is that both you and H DNF.

That said of cause we have the BRM mafia, some Lotus, Bt11 and Coopers so of cause there are possibility's but unfortunate my money still is on a Bt7 win.

Tim, as much as I support your wish for a non-BT7-win here I have very small hops in the matter.

I took a quick spin in "H`s" Bt7 (Thanks for the guide and setup, H) and I was much less than a sec slower than in my own Bt11. The speed over the S/F line was only like 2mph slower so the only possible outcome with something else on the top of the table here is that both you and H DNF.

That said of cause we have the BRM mafia, some Lotus, Bt11 and Coopers so of cause there are possibility's but unfortunate my money still is on a Bt7 win.

Now please prove me wrong!!!

GÃ¶ran

With purleasure!

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Everyone knows that million-to-one chances happen 9 times out of 10. Why the hell do I keep crashing then?!

That's a nice base setup for here Using your setup (Modded steering ratio only) was giving me mid 25's. I've played with the gearing, diff, and made minor camber tweeks and am now running down to about 24.5 on qually fuel.Also moved the brakes forward 1% as 50/50's more than a tad dodgy for us right foot brakers!

Brilliant guide H. Now I know the theory I just need to put it into practice. I can get near my outright PB (1:26.02 - Ferrari) with the Lotus (1:26.38 is fastest to date) but the 1:23s are out of sight. Having looked at your replay I think it is probably your ability to get the power down very early that is the key. Something for me to work on in the race.

Keep the guides coming if you want some of us to raise our game and improve! You never know, eventually you might get a chance to drive something other than a BT7

Thanks, Phil, I'll do guides as often as I can, it depends on my spare time really. There's a bit of a problem with the Novices/Amateurs and Works/Privateers running different tracks, because it means I have to drive tracks I wouldn't be racing at (at least at that time), but I'm willing to do that as well when possible.

I don't know if you've tried the BT7 (and some of my setups), but it's not so difficult to put the power down early in it. As long as you let the car turn around on entry and drift so it points inward towards the apex, you can step on the throttle very early and pretty much floor it completely, especially with the right gearing. I can imagine (and judging from limited experience) it's a bit more tricky in the top cars, but at the same time it gives you more room to control the rearend. With the BT7, there's very little power to play with.